Roy Szuper

A native New Yorker, Roy Szuper initially started working in live music production where he found the topic for his first documentary. "Concert Joe: A New York Story" (IMDB). A fusion of comedy and music inspired by "This is Spinal Tap," the film follows one man's ridiculous quest to get into the Guinness Book of World Records for seeing the most concerts. The film was featured on MTV and VH-1. Szuper's next short film was a more personal story titled "Charcoal" (IMDB) that was based on an event that happened to his family in the days after 9/11. It screened in Cannes and Buenos Aires in 2007. Szuper's first feature, "Gonzo Music Diaries, NYC" (IMDB) started as a documentary about subway musicians and morphed into the story of the staging of a music festival 9 days before the start of the Republican National Convention. The film follows the music and activism leading up to the RNC and documents New York's transforming music, cultural and political landscapes. Featuring Tom Morello, Michael Franti, Vernon Reid, and CGGB's founder Hilly Kristal, "Gonzo" was screened at Anthology Film Archive's New Filmmakers Series, CBGB'S, Vision Du Reel DocFest in Switzerland, IDFA in Amsterdam, Cannes and Buenos Aires. Szuper has also worked as a producer on a feature length documentary titled "Edge Codes," a film about the history of film editing featuring George Lucas and Thelma Schoonmaker, Martin Scorceces' editor. Szuper's documentary short "Revolution in Motion," about a car that runs on air, was profiled in the Daily News in 2009. Szuper transitioned to producing factual content for a period of three years where he was able to secure a first look deal with My Tupelo Entertainment and development deals with Earth Touch USA, and JV Productions. Szuper has since refocused on writing. "Madhouse," a farce about an opera company, had a staged reading in 2016 and is being developed as a feature length film. Szuper has recently finished his first novel titled "Rites of Passage' Evolution of A Rock n' Roll Dad", which is loosely based on his life as a single father in New York. His most recent short titled, "Can't Let It Go," is a comedic nightmare set the day after the Trump election. It is being developed as a feature length film.